Snowflakes struck Swampert's body, releasing bursts of Ice-type energy before dissipating. After more than a thousand snowflakes had vanished, Swampert had lost nearly a third of its HP.
That was with the Protect barrier weakening Blizzard's damage, yet the attack had still stripped away a third of Swampert's HP.
If Swampert had taken that Blizzard head-on, it might have been severely injured or even knocked out.
After Froslass's Blizzard ended, the Toxic poison inside it flared up again. This time, the poison was even stronger, costing Froslass a fifth of its HP.
After two bouts of poison damage, Froslass had now lost nearly a third of its HP. It was running out of time.
"Swampert, keep using Wide Guard!"
Zhang Cheng was determined to stall. With Swampert affected by Will-O-Wisp, its attacks were not particularly powerful anyway. As long as it kept dragging things out, Toxic would wear Froslass down until it could no longer battle. Swampert did not need to attack at all.
"Gana~ Gana~"
Swampert skillfully gathered the Rock-type energy around it, forming a deep yellow barrier in front of itself as it waited for Froslass's attack.
Seeing her opponent put up a barrier before she had even launched an attack, Wang Lu felt a little hopeless. "Does he have absolutely no intention of attacking? Is he just going to stall until Froslass goes down?"
Wang Lu really had no answer to Zhang Cheng's frustrating tactics.
Blizzard was powerful enough to break through Swampert's defenses, but the move consumed a great deal of a Pokémon's stamina and energy, making it impossible to use repeatedly.
In other words, Froslass could only rely on other moves to attack for now. Gathering enough energy for another Blizzard as powerful as the last one might take a long time.
Throughout that time,